Welfare services for children and young people

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Staffordshire County Council, on behalf of Birmingham City Council, Coventry City Council, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Herefordshire Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Stoke On Trent City Council, Borough of Telford and Wrekin, Walsall Council, Warwickshire County Council, Wolverhampton City Council and Worcestershire County Council is inviting applications from providers who can offer supported accommodation for young people whom the Local Authority has a statutory duty, including young people who are looked after, and/or leaving care and/or homeless and/or who are known to the youth offending service and/or are either at risk of offending, and/or the edge of custody, and/or released from custody and unaccompanied asylum seekers. This will be a framework agreement for the provision of supported accommodation on agreed terms, where placements may be made if and when needed during the contract period. The local authorities make no guarantee of the volume of call-offs during the agreement period. The Services will provide a variety of accommodation options with a specified number of hours of support for each Young Person, dependent upon their individual needs. With emphasis on developing the young people's life skills in preparation for independence. Services can be provided locally in either one local authority area or more.